Tanner Kero was born on July 24, 1992, in Hancock, Michigan. he played four seasons at Michigan Tech before signing as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks on April 2, 2015. He would join the Blackhawks' AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, for six games near the end of the 2014-15 season, in which he scored five goals.

Kero would spend the majority of his first professional season with Rockford, He appeared in 60 games for the club, scoring 20 goals and adding 19 assists. Kero also got his first taste of NHL action during the 2015-16 season, making his NHL debut on October 29, 2015, in a 3–1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. He would go on to appear in 17 games for the Blackhawks, recording a goal and adding an a pair of assists.

Kero would once again split time between the IceHogs and Blackhawks during the 2016-17 season. In 47 games at the NHL level he scored six times and added 10 assists for 16 points.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

2009-10

Marquette Rangers

NAHL

57

32

19

51

39

3

1

0

1

0

2010-11

Fargo Force

USHL

55

14

23

37

22

+11

5

1

0

1

2

2011-12

Michigan Tech Huskies

WCHA

39

9

7

16

14

2012-13

Michigan Tech Huskies

WCHA

33

11

13

24

27

2013-14

Michigan Tech Huskies

WCHA

40

15

10

25

16

2014-15

Michigan Tech Huskies

WCHA

41

20

26

46

10

2014-15

Rockford IceHogs

AHL

6

5

0

5

0

+3

6

2

1

3

0

2015-16

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

17

1

2

3

2

-2

2015-16

Rockford IceHogs

AHL

60

20

19

39

23

+15

3

0

2

2

0

2016-17

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

47

6

10

16

8

+15

4

0

0

0

0

2016-17

Rockford IceHogs

AHL

28

7

13

20

14

-7

2017-18

Chicago Black Hawks

NHL

8

1

2

3

0

+1

NHL Totals

72

8

14

22

10

WCHA First All-Star Team (2015) WCHA Player of the Year (2015) NCAA West First All-American Team (2015)